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Friday, 16 March 2012

pretty in spring pink: a fun & easy { let’s create } project

Cherry blossoms make me extremely happy. I suspect they have they affect on pretty much everyone, wouldn’t you agree? Like crocuses, daffodils and tulips, they’re the first indicators that spring is finally here… and like these lovely spring flowers, seeing pink and white cherry blossoms just fills me with pleasure!

So can you blame me then for getting excited when I discovered Alphamom Isabel’s easy art-craft project; a project that would allow me to bring lovely pink flowers into my home a few weeks before they actually bloomed outside on the trees?!

I mean really… pop bottle blossoms?! How cleaver! And how sweet?!

Off I went to my local art supply store and I purchased a few paints that weren’t already in my collection and – because I often ‘think big’ when I get enthusiastic – I also bought a couple large, narrow canvases rather then craft paper.

Yep. I was determined to make something really special!

First – well, after painting what I decided was a pretty stellar tree branch (ya. i’m good!) – I poured my pink paints onto my pallet… two hues that were oh so pretty all swirled together!!

Then I dipped the pop bottle into the pinky mixture (I used a smaller bottle than Isabel used)…

And I started plopping paint blossoms on my canvas

Only… my blossoms weren’t delightful like Isabel’s!

They actually looked a whole lot like pink blobs of paint on a canvas!! Eeeek!

Also, where were the dollops of paint that made the middle of the flower? Isabel’s flowers had dollop-middles. Hmmmm. Time to re-think this whole project because this painting wasn’t taking me on my ‘think big’ path to greatness!

Out came my paint brushes

Ya know what? This is where the REAL FUN for me began ;-)

After planting paint blobs in all the right places around my canvas (thanks pop bottle!) I then used my brush to fill out and embellish those blobs into pretty spring-inspired pink cherry blossoms… all with their own darling cross-hatched, then finger-smudged and finally mini-dotted middles (my own patented technique – do not try this at home or the patent police will be knocking on your door! Hahaha!!)

The results are simply sweet and lovely if I do say so myself!

While not a masterpiece, I think this painting would be wonderful in a little girl’s room or freshening up a kitchen breakfast nook… or maybe YOU have the perfect place?! If you do, you know where to find me!!

Much like the real deal, these blossoms fill me with pleasure and make me smile every time I look at them!!! I really hope you find pleasure and happiness in them too!

I love colour, the ocean, animals, and things that make me laugh. Great architectural features, beautiful tiles, and a little bit of bling are my favourite interior decorating things. I can totally relate to Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory, minus the scientific stuff. I recently discovered my inner artist and can't stop painting (but only abstracts, I can't even draw a stick figure properly).

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